Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-27585 on 6 March 2020, the existing physical infrastructure network is owned by various commercial suppliers such as Openreach, Virgin Media, CityFibre, etc. As such the Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of miles of copper wire or fibre that has been laid in each of the last three years.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

As I have set out to the Rural Economy Committee and in the Chamber, it is our intention to develop an on online checker - which we aim to launch in Summer 2020 – which will provide information down to the individual premises level. This is an improvement on data provided under the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme, which was published at postcode level, in order to reduce confusion for local people and business customers.

The online checker will confirm whether properties are in commercial plans or are part of the R100 contract build, and whether or not they are eligible for a voucher. This will give individuals and businesses as much clarity as possible on whether they will benefit directly from R100 and the nature of the solution proposed, thereby ensuring everyone can access a superfast service by the end of 2021.

The requested data is published quarterly on the ISD website, for more information, see https://beta.isdscotland.org/media/2859/2019-12-10-chronic-pain-publication-tables-and-charts.xlsx .

In 2019 the number of CAMHS patients seen by NHS Grampian was 1,320. Of these 56.0 per cent were seen within 18 weeks of referral.

The Scottish Government does not hold rail passenger information broken down by specific parliamentary region.

The continued investment in Scotland’s Railway, infrastructure, stations and services has seen patronage grow by 35% in the last 10 years across Scotland.

I refer the member to Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) Bibliographic number: 61413 for details of Scotrail passenger figures broken down by route for the last 3 years.

This is an operational matter for all train operating companies in Scotland and as such the Scottish Government does not hold the information.

Through the franchise contract the Scottish Government has specified and funded the removal of all ScotRail carriages that discharge waste to the track.

Non-domestic rates for bus shelters are exclusively paid for by local authorities. The estimated net non-domestic rates costs for bus shelters paid for by local authorities in the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are set out in the following table.

The Scottish Budget provides additional funding of £454 million for frontline NHS Boards in 2020-21 and continues to ensure that no Board is further than 0.8% from its target funding allocation.

In 2020-21, NHS Grampian will receive additional investment of £29.5 million, and this will take the Board’s overall funding in excess of £1 billion for the first time. Since 2015-16, NHS Grampian has received additional funding of £56 million specifically to support the Board’s movement towards NRAC parity.

Due to insufficient clarity from the UK Government and delays in its plans to undertake a multi-year Spending Review, the Scottish Government has not yet set out spending plans beyond 2020-21.

Data on performance can be accessed via the ISD website. Data for Q4 2019 will not be published until end March 2020.

 The following table presents the total number of fatal accidents for 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, the information on the total number of serious accidents for 2019 is only available up to the date stated in the table for each route.